Over 20 people rescued after fire breaks out at commercial building in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 5: More than 20 people were rescued after a fire broke out at the basement of a four-storey commercial building at RT Nagar here on Friday afternoon, officials said.
There was no injury or loss of life reported, they said.
A call about a fire was received at 1.50 pm, following which four fire tenders were rushed to the spot, officials said, adding that the fire was doused by 4 pm.
According to the fire department, the fire originated in the generator in the basement.
A call centre operates on the ground and first floors of the building, while the third and fourth floors are occupied by an Ayurvedic hospital.
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Stocks of Ayurvedic medicines stored at the basement and nearly 25 vehicles parked there also caught fire and were completely gutted. The impact of the fire was such that smoke engulfed the upper flowers of the building, following which those working on the third and fourth floors rushed to the terrace.
“Our team managed to rescue more than 20 people who panicked and rushed to the terrace soon after the fire broke out. While one of our teams was extinguishing the fire, the other team was engaged in rescuing people from the terrace using a ladder,” a senior fire officer said.
A preliminary inquiry suggested that a short circuit in the generator caused the fire. However, the exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.
#WATCH | Karnataka: Fire broke out on the first floor of the Miracle Drinks building in Bengaluru. Fire tenders are present at the spot. Further details awaited.
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2024
(Video source: Bengaluru Fire Department) pic.twitter.com/gbfifjUb5R
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Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'threat' to strike Kolkata in future conflict
Bethuadahari (WB) (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise Pakistan's threat to attack Kolkata, during his poll rallies in West Bengal a day earlier.
"You (PM) target Bengal during election rallies; but when Pakistan talks of attacking Bengal, you do not utter a word. You should resign," she said at a poll rally here in Nadia district.
"Why did the prime minister not raise the issue during his rally in Bengal? When Pakistan's defence minister says they will attack Kolkata, why didn't the prime minister say that 'we will take strong action'?" she posed a day after Modi addressed a poll rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
"Just like we do not accept any threat to the country, we will also not take the threat to Kolkata lying down," she said.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any “future misadventures". “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif had said while talking to reporters at his hometown of Sialkot.
